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KingKalamari
Aug 24, 2007

Fuzzy dice, bongos in the back
My ship of love is ready to attack

Kennel posted:

I like the art.

Thank you!

Kennel posted:

At the first glance I was worried that it was an attempt to be a "normal" comic with the author's fetishes awkwardly on screen, but if it's an actual sex comic, that's not a problem.

Yeah, the whole "Author trying to awkwardly insert their fetishes into a non-erotic comic" is the type of set up I'm trying to avoid. I'd describe what I'm trying to do as something of the opposite - Trying to insert a more traditional comic story into a pornographic work.

Kennel posted:

But yeah, outside the awkwardness of the boss character, those pages are pleasant to look at.

When you say "Awkwardness" do you just mean the sexed-up nature of her design, or is there something else you're talking about?

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snuggleshrub
Jul 2, 2010

KingKalamari posted:

Welp, I've finally done it: I've started working on a longform comic project!

I'll probably have to be at least a little bit scant on some of the specific details as it's a niche erotica (Read: "Weird porn") but nonetheless I wanted to discuss my plans for the project and get feedback from people a little bit better versed in the world of webcomics.

I'm planning on starting off small - I've got a script for an approximately 29 page story to start things off, and I'm in the midst of doing the rough drawings and layout for those pages. I'm going to focus on getting this introductory chapter completed as a way to assess just how reliably I can commit to working on this kind of project, and if it's something I enjoy enough to keep working on beyond that point. If I want to continue with the project beyond that point I have some an outline in my head as to how to continue the story for at least 6 more chapters of a similar length and I figure that would be the point in the project where I'd start looking into setting up a domain to actually host the thing.

While I know regular, weekly updates were the standard in webcomics back in the day, I'm thinking this is a project that might be better served through larger releases over a longer span of time - I'm thinking something like releasing a chapter every few months as opposed to releasing 1-3 pages a week. I have the benefit that, because I've already developed a small following doing adult artwork I have something of a pre-existing audience to build off of, so there's a little bit less pressure to try to game that content algorithm. Really, the growing issues with social media platforms, especially as it relates to NSFW content, is one of the major reasons I want to set up my own webspace for this project if it gets off the ground rather than post to a platform.

The one thing that I'm a bit concerned about is balancing the more pornographic aspects of the project with the narrative-focused aspects. For instance, in the chapter I'm currently working on the "money-shot" stuff doesn't really come into play until about 2/3s of the way through, and I'm worried about how that's going to go over with people who are just looking for spank material.

Welcome to the world of niche porn comics. You seem to be starting off with a lot of the right ideas with regard to how to proceed.

Starting off with an intro chapter that can be self-contained and lets you both gage interest and get a sense for if you can maintain the output was a great idea. I did something similar. The niche subgenre likely caps how much of an audience there is for a given project, but people who are really into something specific appreciate when they see new stuff done from a genuine place.

The stuff you have posted so far looks great, very clean style. Im not sure just looking at it that I can decern the specific fetish.

Definitely get your own site asap, it is really good to own where your work lives, even more so for less mainstream materials. Toocheke installed into WordPress works great.

The story balance is something I've been very surprised by the reaction to. Less than half the page total of my stuff is actually porn and pretty much every one who comments on it loves that there is more to the way the characters interact. There is, in my opinion, a pretty large and underserved interest in dirty stuff that has even a basic plot that treats its characters as people.

I'm about to conclude a series running 180ish pages, and after a few years, I now pay my mortgage with what I make from doing questionable drawings of werewolves. This can be a fun thing to do that simultaneously might also make a bit of income.

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